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1 month ago | globalinitiative.net

In the Amazon — particularly in Pará state — Indigenous, Quilombola and riverside communities are on the frontlines, defending their lands from illegal logging, mining, wildlife trafficking and deforestation. In 2024, we brought them together for a dialogue on the challenges they face and the leadership they can offer. Out of this conversation, four innovative projects emerged, now supported by ECO-SOLVE community grants.

1 month ago | globalinitiative.net | Richard Byrne

Political Scientist. Master’s degree in Political Science with a specialization in Public Affairs from Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris. Specialist in Intelligence Services (UNED–Spain) and certified in Asset Recovery and Crime Proceeds Confiscation by the Office of the Prosecutor General of South Korea. Carolina has over 14 years of experience leading areas related to Public and State Security, as well as Strategic Intelligence.

Feb 7, 2025 | globalinitiative.net

Canada is not a ‘big player’ in the fentanyl trade: well under 1% of the fentanyl entering the US comes from Canada. In fact, fentanyl from Canada is not even mentioned as a drug trafficking threat to the US in the most recent assessment by the US Drug Enforcement Administration. While illicit fentanyl production does occur in Canada, most of the product is consumed domestically, with surplus amounts smuggled to overseas markets, such as Australia. In the US, 97% of fentanyl seized is sourced from the southern border with Mexico, with China being the primary source of the precursor chemicals used in the production of the drug.

Sep 3, 2024 | globalinitiative.net

In late August, the arrest and preliminary charging of Telegram’s founder, Pavel Durov, by the French judicial authorities kicked off a high-stakes game of geopolitics that will shape how governments handle tech giants in the future.

Jun 13, 2024 | globalinitiative.net

The German term Armutsprostitution (poverty prostitution) refers to Bulgarian, Hungarian and Romanian sex workers from low-income backgrounds who are most often found in street prostitution. Drug use is widespread among these workers and rates of sexually transmittable diseases are estimated to be high. The women often work in a culture of silence and, according to local NGOs, intimidation and fear. South-eastern European sex workers are said to be reluctant to seek help, even in medical emergencies, or to engage with local authorities.